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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 02:26 PM
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So I was drving home ffrom work and decided to hopefully get my exhaust a little louder. I went to a shop and got my resonator removed for 50$, not a bad price. I got in my car ready to hear it and NOTHING.. Sounds exactly the same as if I would have never taken it off at all... guess i gotta save up for the joeZ

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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 02:34 PM
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I got mine removed last week, you can't hear it in the car but if you ask someone to rev your car you can definitely hear the difference. It has a meaner "almost" g35 like tone (a little raspy and chubaca-like sound) My cold start is a lot louder now if you haven't noticed that. In the morning when you start up your car, turn it on and immediately walk to the back of the car, you'll notice a huge difference. Also if you keep your windows down after the exhaust manifold completely warmed up, you can hear it with the windows down. It's not necessarily louder, it's more of a "different" kind of sound.


Btw, I got mine done for 40$ and that was considered pricey lol. Most of my friends get theirs done for 25-30.
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 02:50 PM
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if you want a little bit more of a difference with stock muffs, i put mid pipes on and it has a deeper tone. i like the way it sounds, defiently worth the money to get them.
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Old Oct 11, 2009 | 01:37 PM
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what mid pipes did you use?
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Old Oct 11, 2009 | 02:50 PM
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just get te tanabe mufflers, the only thing is that it might be loud and raspy since you did this
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